{"id":3353,"date":"2018-03-07T01:48:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2018-03-07T01:48:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:48:45","slug":"matthews-not-expected-to-suit-up-and-play-in-saturdays-game-against-the-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/matthews-not-expected-to-suit-up-and-play-in-saturdays-game-against-the-penguins","title":{"rendered":"Matthews Not Expected To Suit Up and Play in Saturdays Game Against the Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austin Matthews grimicing after upper body injury<\/p><\/div>\n

After sustaining an injury to his upper body, Austin Matthews<\/a> joined his teammates on the ice for the first time on Wednesday for a 25 minute practise session. While easing in slowly, Matthews joined in on a few drills but did not go beyond that sitting out the line rush drills.<\/p>\n

As expected, players suited up in either blue or white, but for Matthews, he wore red so as to be easily identified letting teammates<\/strong> that no contact is allowed due to medical staff concerns.<\/p>\n

Media sources were all hot on following up on the star players status and condition questioning Babcock if Matthews would play tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shaking his head, Coach Mike Babcock said,<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what they (medical staff) will do. I just noticed he was wearing red today and we don\u2019t have a whole lot of red in our uniforms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While not ready to return to the active list, Matthews was able to get out and join in on some drills<\/strong> under the supervision of medical staff.<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/strong><\/p>\n